Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.
What is a journal? What are the Levels of Thinking? Look at samples.
Teacher Model (from Alexie's text)
Practice
With a partner, do a journal entry together from the essay. Make sure to identify the LOT. Join another set of partners to create a small group. Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.
Sharing and Discussion
Share journal entries with the class. Discuss LOTs, formatting, and depth.
Independent Practice/Homework
Do a journal entry of your own. Make sure to correctly identify the LOT.
Essential Question
What is your relationship with reading?Standards
Students will react to text and exhibit critical thinking through journal responses. Students will also identify the type of thinking used in responses, encouraging metacognition and a broader range of responses.RL.10.1, RL.10.10
Bellwork
Do the Daily Edit!Requirements
What is a reading journal?Course Reading Requirements (I Made a Switch...)
Quarter 1-Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles, final essay)Quarter 2- Free Choice (Journal with 15-20 solid entries)
Quarter 3- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)
Quarter 4- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)
Today's Anchor Text
Finish reading Sherman Alexie's essay, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me." Make sure to read actively! Annotate!Discussion and Modeling
What is a journal?What are the Levels of Thinking?
Look at samples.
Teacher Model (from Alexie's text)
Practice
With a partner, do a journal entry together from the essay. Make sure to identify the LOT.Join another set of partners to create a small group.
Choose one of your journal entries to share with the class.
Sharing and Discussion
Share journal entries with the class. Discuss LOTs, formatting, and depth.Independent Practice/Homework
Do a journal entry of your own. Make sure to correctly identify the LOT.